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Thursday, February 24, 2011

What were you doing at 1am this morning? I was arranging and re-arranging these fabrics in color order and was so absorbed in my own quiet little world that I was shocked to see the time. Someone please tell me how it is that those evening hours pass by in just a jiffy.

These pretty solids are Shot Cottons by Kaffe Fasset. Shot cottons are not true solids, they are woven using cotton thread which is dyed in small batches. Variations in color and small imperfections in the weaving are a natural part of the process and creates soft and subtle shifts in color. Tonal solids are less harsh/vivid than true solids. There are more than 50 colors in the range.

I so wish I could tell you with color codes and names here (Kaffe, we really need a color card as images can, and some do, vary greatly in color, please ... it would make choosing and identifying colors so much easier).

I was laying in bed WIDE awake, trying to go back to sleep and debating if I should get up and sew. i laid there till 4am, more or less awake the whole time. Talk about being tired this morning at work.

I can understand why you would want to play with those and keep rearranging them. Sleep time does interfere with sewing time doesn't it? Sometimes I get up an hour earlier than the rest of the household, just so I can sew in peace.

I love the shot cottons, so much more personality than flat solids. I almost cast on a new knitting project at about 11pm last night, thinking it was about 9. I was instructed to stop knitting and go to bed....

Beautiful stack of colors!! Just the ticket for these cold dreary midwest days. I've had shot cottons in my cart at QuiltHome so many times, but never pulled the trigger - don't know why... What quantity of yardage to you typically buy of each?

Rita, Rowan fabrics website has pictures of all the shot cottons. They are numbered and named. Here is the link.http://www.westminsterfabrics.com/pub/singlepattern.jsp?designer=Kaffe%20Fassett&image=kaffe.jpg&pattern=Shot+Cottons&img=sc34lemonthumb.jpg&collection=Wovens&category=0&catname=&newitem=0&new_desc=null

Your solid stack would be perfect for the Bottled Rainbows quilt-along (http://www.stitchedincolor.com/2011/02/bottled-rainbows-ticker-tape-quilt.html). I know you don't need to quilt-along, but it would be so fun to see the rainbow you'd create! I wonder if you've saved lots of scraps...